Friday, October 9
Anchorage, AK
8:00 p.m. (CT)
St. Cloud State
1-0-0
3
vs
0
University of Alaska Fairbanks
0-1-0
1
2
3
F
St. Cloud State
2
0
1
3
Alaska Fairbanks
0
0
0
0
Joey Benik celebrates his goal against Alaska.
Photo by: Tom Nelson
#17 St. Cloud State men's hockey opens season with 3-0 victory
10/10/2015 12:26:00 AM | Men's Hockey
The #17 St. Cloud State University men's hockey team (1-0-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) opened its 2015-16 season with a convincing 3-0 victory over the University of Alaska (0-1-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) on Friday, Oct. 9 in Anchorage, Alaska.
The game opened play in the 2015 Kendall Hockey Classic, which is being hosted this year by the University of Alaska Anchorage at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. The Huskies will complete the tournament with a 10 p.m. (CT) game against the host Seawolves on Saturday, Oct. 10 at Sullivan Arena. UAA finished the day on Oct. 9 with a game against Arizona State University - the first game in the history of Sun Devil hockey at the DI level.
SCSU jumped out early in the win over UA with a power play goal by Joey Benik at 2:07 of the first period. He was assisted on the eventual game winner by Kalle Kossila and David Morley. The point allowed Kossila to join SCSU's 100-point club. In four seasons with the Huskies, Kossila has 34 goals and 66 assists. He is the 27th player in team history at the NCAA Division I level to score 100-or-more career points at SCSU.
The Huskies padded their lead to 2-0 with a goal by Blake Winiecki at 13:12 of the first period with the assists going to Nathan Widman and Jacob Benson. This was Benson's first collegiate point for the Huskies. The goal capped a strong first period that saw SCSU outshoot UA by a 9-4 margin. The Huskies also took advantage of four penalties called against the Nanooks in the first period.
Following a scoreless second period, SCSU capped the night in the third period with a goal by Judd Peterson at 6:26 that made the final 3-0. Peterson jumped on a loose puck in the crease to tap home the point with assisted being credited to Mikey Essyimont and Jimmy Murray. This was Essyimont's first goal as a Husky.
Overall, the SCSU defense was impressive as the Huskies outshot Alaska by a 30-14 margin. Charlie Lindgren gained the shutout for SCSU with 14 saves in the contest, while David Jones had 27 saves in the loss for the Nanooks. The shutout was Lindgren's fourth career shutout and it was SCSU's first shutout since a 2-0 win over Omaha in 2014-15. SCSU was 1-4 on the power play and UA was 0-5 on the advantage.
The Huskies will wrap up the Kendall Hockey Classic with their game against Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 10. Fans can listen to the action on KCML FM 99.9 with Dan Terhaar on the call from Alaska. You can listen online at www.lite999.com
The game opened play in the 2015 Kendall Hockey Classic, which is being hosted this year by the University of Alaska Anchorage at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. The Huskies will complete the tournament with a 10 p.m. (CT) game against the host Seawolves on Saturday, Oct. 10 at Sullivan Arena. UAA finished the day on Oct. 9 with a game against Arizona State University - the first game in the history of Sun Devil hockey at the DI level.
SCSU jumped out early in the win over UA with a power play goal by Joey Benik at 2:07 of the first period. He was assisted on the eventual game winner by Kalle Kossila and David Morley. The point allowed Kossila to join SCSU's 100-point club. In four seasons with the Huskies, Kossila has 34 goals and 66 assists. He is the 27th player in team history at the NCAA Division I level to score 100-or-more career points at SCSU.
The Huskies padded their lead to 2-0 with a goal by Blake Winiecki at 13:12 of the first period with the assists going to Nathan Widman and Jacob Benson. This was Benson's first collegiate point for the Huskies. The goal capped a strong first period that saw SCSU outshoot UA by a 9-4 margin. The Huskies also took advantage of four penalties called against the Nanooks in the first period.
Following a scoreless second period, SCSU capped the night in the third period with a goal by Judd Peterson at 6:26 that made the final 3-0. Peterson jumped on a loose puck in the crease to tap home the point with assisted being credited to Mikey Essyimont and Jimmy Murray. This was Essyimont's first goal as a Husky.
Overall, the SCSU defense was impressive as the Huskies outshot Alaska by a 30-14 margin. Charlie Lindgren gained the shutout for SCSU with 14 saves in the contest, while David Jones had 27 saves in the loss for the Nanooks. The shutout was Lindgren's fourth career shutout and it was SCSU's first shutout since a 2-0 win over Omaha in 2014-15. SCSU was 1-4 on the power play and UA was 0-5 on the advantage.
The Huskies will wrap up the Kendall Hockey Classic with their game against Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 10. Fans can listen to the action on KCML FM 99.9 with Dan Terhaar on the call from Alaska. You can listen online at www.lite999.com
Team Stats
SCSU
UAF
Shots
30
14
PPG
1
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
5
6
Penalty Mins
13
15
Faceoffs Won
32
25
Game Leaders
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
+1
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
1
Players Mentioned
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